I am a visual artist and enrolled member of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, 84B, Acjachemen Nation, based in one of my ancestral homelands of the Acjachemen Nation. I am also from the Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico. I grew up not knowing much about and sometimes ignoring my indigenous culture so that I could fit into the American ideal. 

I now explore and claim my heritage from my father's side and the traditions that were kept from me. I research the traditions of the tribal nations I am a part of, as well as the governmental policies that caused me to have to learn about my culture, instead of being able to grow up in my culture, which informs my work.

I use acrylic paint, photography, and printmaking, to create pieces that address these ideas of identity, being biracial, and Native experiences within a culture that has in the past created policies to expunge indigeneity, that are still being echoed today. My work provides me with the ability to navigate the generational trauma of the genocide of my people and the systematic silencing of my culture. I use my art to address the generational gap of being a product of the "good Indians" who left reservations, married non-Indians, and assimilated into American society.

My art is about reclaiming my identity as an Indigenous woman and my perspective as a mixed-race person.